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STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHEL FRANSES BRODERICK, OF OBERLIN, KANSAS.

HARN ESS ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,072, dated Januaryh30, 1900.

Application tiled July 6, 1896. Serial No. 598,174. (No model.) 4

To all whom zit may con/cern:

Be it known that I, MICHEL FRANsEs Bnon ERICK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Oberlin, in the county of Decatur and State ofKansas, have invented a new and useful Harness Attachment, of which thefollow ing is a specification.

This invention aims to provide for the lengthening and shortening of thetraces or tugs in a simple and convenient way and to provide against thewear between the con nection of the traces and the loops or bolts of thehames or breast-iron.

A further purpose of the invention is to devise a buckle which can bereadily and quickly adjusted along a trace or tug when it is required tolengthen or shorten the latter, one end of the buckle being constructedso as to admit of the buckle being moved to disconnect its tongue fromthe meeting parts of the trace.

A still further purpose of the invention is to interpose a wear-strapbetween the fold of the trace and the loop or bolt by means of which thetrace is connected to the haines or breast-iron, said wear-strap havingside loops to receive the folded portions of the trace, so as to holdthem close together.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to afull disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of ahaine and trace, showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is adetail view showing the relative position of the buckle When the endportion of the trace is released, so as to admit of the trace beinglengthened or shortcned. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the buckle,showing the latch-bar locked. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the wear-strap.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the several views of the drawings by thesame reference characters.

The haine l and trace 2 are of ordinary construction and are shown toillustrate the application of the invention. The end portion of thetrace is folded and passes through a box-loop 3 and through a loop 4,secured to the hame, the loop 4 being of usual construction and, asshown, consisting of a bolt passing through apertured lugs extendingfrom the haine.

The buckle for securing the end of the trace comprises a plate 5 and endloops G and 7, thc loop G being closed and the loop 7 open at its outerend and adapted to be closed by a latchbar 9, which is pivoted at oneend to a side bar of the loop and has its opposite end constructed tointerlock with the terminal of the opposite side bar. The side bar ofthe loop 7 with which the latchebar interlocks, has its terminal bent,forming a lip l0, which en gages over the outer side of the latch-bar 9and holds the latter locked. The latch-bar 9 has a tendency to springbehind the Vlip l0 and is held in engagement with the latter by thisspring tendency, and the free end of the latch-bar is bent or rolled,forming a projection ll to be engaged by the linger or thumb when it isrequired to disconnect the latchbar to free the loop 7 from the trace.This construction is shown most clearly in Fig. 2. A tongue or stud l2projects from the plate 5 and is adapted to pass through correspondingopenings in the trace and the end thercof, so as to secure the end ofthe trace and the buckle in the required position.

The wear-strap 13 is formed of a short length of harness-leather, whichis doubled upon itself, forming asleeve 14 to receive the closed end ofthe loop 4 or the bolt by means of which the trace is connected to thehaine, and the end portions of the leather are stitched together.Opposite loops l5 form a part of the wear-strap and are provided bycutting par allel slits in the end portions of the strap and detlectingthe part coming between the slits, substantially as shown. Thiswear-strap is wider than the trace or tug, so as to prevent injuriouscontact of the trace with the loop or iron with which it is connected.Thetrace passes through one of the loops 15, thence IOO through the loop4, around the Wear-strap, and back through the opposite loop 15, thencethrough the box-loop 3, and through the loops 6 and 7 of the buckle.Vhen it is required to lengthen or shorten the trace or tug, the buckleis loosened by freeing the latch-bar and is moved away from the trace,so as to Withdraw the tongue or stud 12 from engagement with the trace,after which the end portion of the latter can be -moved to the requiredposition, When the tongue or stud 12 will be thrust through registeringopenings and the latch-bar 9 Will be turned so as to cause the loop 7 toembrace the trace and the end portion thereof, substantially as shown inFig. 1, thereby holding the parts in the adjusted position. v

MICHEL FRANSES BRODERICK.

Witnesses:

G. O. JOHNSON, S. R. KEENAN.

